Lang ministry (1930–1932)

Lang ministry
Lang ministry
; 45th Cabinet of the State of New South Wales
	Group portrait of the final composition of the ministry from 17 June 1931 to 13 May 1932.
Date formed	4 November 1930
Date dissolved	13 May 1932
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Governor	Sir Philip Game
Head of government	Jack Lang
No. of ministers	16
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	Nationalist
Opposition leader	Thomas Bavin
History
Outgoing election	1925 New South Wales election
Predecessor	Bavin ministry
Successor	First Stevens ministry

The Lang ministry (1930–1932) or Third Lang ministry was the 45th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 23rd Premier, Jack Lang. This ministry was the third and final time of three occasions where Lang was Premier.^[1]^[2]

Lang was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1913 and served continuously until 1946. In 1923 Lang was elected NSW Parliamentary Leader of the Labor Party by Labor caucus, and became Leader of the Opposition. At the 1925 state election, Lang led Labor to victory, defeating the Nationalist Party led by Sir George Fuller.

Lang's initial ministry was confronted with extended cabinet strife, centred on Albert Willis. Lang gained the approval of the Governor to reconstruct the ministry, his second as Lang Labor, subject to an early election, held in October 1927.^[3] Defeated by a Nationalist/Country coalition led by Thomas Bavin and Ernest Buttenshaw at the 1927 election, Lang again won government at the 1930 election, in the middle of the Great Depression.

This ministry covers the period from 4 November 1930 until 13 May 1932^[4] when the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Philip Game used the reserve power of The Crown to remove Lang as Premier (see Lang Dismissal Crisis), and appointed Bertram Stevens as Premier.

Composition of ministry

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Lang on 4 November 1930 and covers the period up to 13 May 1932.

Portfolio	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier Treasurer	Jack Lang	Lang Labor	4 November 1930	13 May 1932	1 year, 191 days
Secretary for Mines Minister for Labour and Industry	Jack Baddeley
Chief Secretary	Mark Gosling
Attorney General	Andrew Lysaght ^[a]			16 June 1931	224 days
Attorney General	Joseph Lamaro		17 June 1931	13 May 1932	331 days
Minister of Justice	Joseph Lamaro		4 November 1930	17 June 1931	225 days
Minister of Justice	William McKell		17 June 1931	13 May 1932	331 days
Minister for Local Government	William McKell		4 November 1930	17 June 1931	225 days
Minister for Local Government	James McGirr		17 June 1931	13 May 1932	331 days
Minister for Transport			22 March 1932	13 May 1932	52 days
Minister for Health			4 November 1930	17 June 1931	225 days
Minister for Health	Bill Ely		17 June 1931	13 May 1932	331 days
Assistant Minister for Labour and Industry	Bill Ely		4 November 1930	17 June 1931	225 days
Minister of Public Instruction	Billy Davies		4 November 1930	13 May 1932	1 year, 191 days
Secretary for Lands	Jack Tully
Minister for Agriculture Minister for Forests	Bill Dunn
Secretary for Public Works	Mat Davidson
Vice-president of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Albert Willis, MLC ^[a]			2 April 1931	149 days
	James Concannon, MLC		3 April 1931	13 May 1932	1 year, 40 days
Honorary Minister	James Concannon, MLC		4 November 1930	2 April 1931	149 days

Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

^ ^a ^b Resigned office.

References

^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Nairn, Bede. "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

Preceded by Bavin ministry	Lang ministry (1930–1932) 1930–1932	Succeeded by Stevens-Bruxner ministry (1932–1935)

[resigned-5] Resigned office.

[Record-1] "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[2] "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[Lang_adb-3] Nairn, Bede. "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

[4] "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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v t e New South Wales ministries
Colonial government (1856–1900)	Donaldson Cowper (1) Parker Cowper (2) Forster Robertson (1) Cowper (3) Martin (1) Cowper (4) Martin (2) Robertson (2) Cowper (5) Martin (3) Parkes (1) Robertson (3) Parkes (2) Robertson (4) Farnell Parkes (3) Stuart Dibbs (1) Robertson (5) Jennings Parkes (4) Dibbs (2) Parkes (5) Dibbs (3) Reid Lyne
State government (1901–present)	See Waddell Carruthers Wade McGowen Holman (1) (2) Storey Dooley (1) Fuller (1) Dooley (2) Fuller (2) Lang (1) (2) Bavin Lang (3) Stevens (1) (2) (3) Mair McKell (1) (2) McGirr (1) (2) (3) Cahill (1) (2) (3) (4) Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Lewis (1) (2) Willis Wran (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Unsworth Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2) (3) Carr (1) (2) (3) (4) Iemma (1) (2) Rees Keneally O'Farrell Baird (1) (2) Berejiklian (1) (2) Perrottet (1) (2) Minns

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